Bryant, averaging 42 minutes per game, was limited to 32 because of foul trouble and scored 21 points. He was accidentally kicked in the right shin with 22 seconds left and departed for the dressing room, but he's expected to play tonight at Orlando.

O'Neal played a season-high 32 minutes but was too rusty to take advantage of the Heat's undersized front line.

PACERS 88, WIZARDS 84: Jermaine O'Neal had a season-high 26 points and a career-high 21 rebounds as visiting Orlando won for the 10th time in 11 games

O'Neal scored 8 points in a 10-0 run that opened the game. The Pacers never trailed, although Michael Jordan, who scored a game-high 28 points, and Juan Dixon led a charge that cut a 19-point deficit to 1 in the second half.

Reggie Miller, playing his first game of the season after sitting out the first 12 with an ankle injury, started and scored 13 points.

Sabonis had 6 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and a career-high 6 blocked shots for the Blazers, who have won four of five. Scottie Pippen added 14 points and six rebounds. Derek Anderson had 12 points and nine assists.

Houston's Steve Francis led all scorers with 19 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Yao Ming struggled early with foul trouble and finished with 10 points and 2 rebounds. Moochie Norris had 6 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists for the Rockets, who lost their second in a row and third in four games.

Blazers forward Ruben Patterson, who was arrested and jailed Monday evening on a felony domestic assault charge, was not at the arena.

KINGS 91, CAVALIERS 85: Chris Webber scored 28 points as visiting Sacramento won its sixth straight over tumbling Cleveland, which has dropped 11 in a row.

Bobby Jackson added 19 points and Gerald Wallace 15 for Sacramento, which held the Cavaliers to one field goal -- a 3-pointer by Bimbo Coles -- in the fourth quarter.

NUGGETS 85, SPURS 81: Junior Harrington hit a 20-foot jump shot with 8.5 seconds left and preserved the win with a steal as host Denver ended a six-game losing streak to San Antonio.

Juwan Howard and James Posey had 23 points each for the Nuggets, who hadn't beaten San Antonio since Dec. 14, 2000. Tim Duncan had 18 points on 6 for 20 shooting, scoring only 4 points in the fourth quarter.

John Stockton, 0-for-4 from the field in the first half, finished 2 for 9 with 9 points -- including a driving layup with 2:24 remaining that made him the the 38th player in N.B.A. history to reach 19,000 points. Karl Malone had 17 points and 13 rebounds.

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A version of this article appears in print on November 27, 2002, on Page D00007 of the National edition with the headline: N.B.A.: ROUNDUP; Heat Defeats The Rusty Lakers. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe